The Brown Advocates for Social Change and Equity fellowship, a program led and supported by the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at the Alpert Medical School, is in its inaugural year. It provides a structure path for students to develop programs to address diversity and inclusion in the medical field, via a series of projects, workshops, and mentorship.

Using computer simulations and laboratory experiments, a Brown-led team of scientists found a new class of antibiotics with the potential to treat MRSA and other infections that are increasingly resistant to traditional antibiotics.

Brown physician-scientists cross over academic divides to improve the lives of people with brain disorders. Through collaboration and with their unique backgrounds, they hope to further a collaborative approach to their patient-based work.

Many inhibitory neurons were lost early in the development of ALS, new research shows, which is in sharp contrast to other degenerative diseases. The finding could help develop new, novel treatments for ALS.